Madlax is doing the same thing. That team had a number of older kids.
What exactly do you mean they are doing the same thing?
Madlax does have a couple of kids that started Kindergarten late— they’re summer 2009 birthdays, so technically, they are “holdbacks.” And one distinct holdback, he reclassed 2 years ago from 2027. But NONE of these summer 2009 birthdays were held back after the age of 5, for a leg up in lacrosse. I hear ya, technically these 3-4 kids are not “on age.” But the reclassing in 6-8th grade to get a leg up on competition, regardless of when their DOB is in a given year, is a different deal. The 2Way kids are studs at the 2027 level, and they have not been held back yet. In the fall, maybe. But they simply have not spent a day in the 2028 classroom yet.
And I’ll add— 8 and 1 are heads and shoulders superior to any kids we have seen playing at the 2028 level. Frankly, it’s not really even close.
